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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Need Help!!!

« on: September 20, 2010, 09:15:37 AM »

I am new to this site and I apologize if I have posted this in the wrong place. We just bought a house (2280 sq ft) with a D D King Wood-burning Furnace. Does anyone know how to use this? The house is 40 years old, but I don't know how old the furnace is. The company on the tag (Davison Mfg Co, Marshall, AR) is no longer in business. I had a Hardy in my other house and loved it, I would love to use this one, but I am afraid to. Please help! I thank you in advance!

I see you had no replies to your question, try asking on the Hearth.com. Under the Boiler section. If that doesn't help log onto Heatinghelp.com. You'll get answers there as well. Hope this helps

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Equipment / Re: Hands free log splitter

« on: September 13, 2010, 06:18:47 PM »

Wow, that's alot of wear and tear on that skid steer,  just to split wood. Even each piece of wood looks like alot of movement of the skid steer. Looks to me you'd run thru 5 gallons of diesel just to get one cord split, so you can sit in the seat? I'd rather get the exercise and stand up,LOL. And like already posted, how about the holes in the ground. That seems like a very slow, expensive way to split wood. I'd like to know how many cords an hour are split. Seems like your moving around constantly. That's got to make a mess of the ground.

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WoodMaster / Re: unhooked spring

« on: September 13, 2010, 06:58:26 AM »

Never had an issue with the spring falling off but I have had an issue with creosote building up on the inside of the fan.  That makes them whine, kind of whistle actually.  The best thing that I found to do was use a high pressure, high volume air compessor with a blow off gun on the end and shoot it at the fan blades.  Run that dude up to like a million rpm then change direction.  Do it a few times and the stuff will fall out of the bottom of the electric motor housing.

Then when I put it back together, I put a furnace filter on top of the hog panel at thats at the bottom of the cover to "weed" out the creosote from getting into the electric motor.  So far so good

Spinning a bearing with compressed air is not good for any bearings.  It will actually spin the bearings much faster than they are meant to turn, and ruin the service life of the bearing. Worked as a Harley Tech for a dealer, and went to school in Milwaukee , that was mentioned as to never spin bearings with air. Sounds cool but ruins the bearing. You can knock off the creosote with the air but go easy on spinning the cage-bearings.

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Fire Wood / Re: Is your woodshed filled??

« on: October 05, 2009, 07:20:11 AM »

Had 10 cords of logs dropped off in January, had it all cut and split by Febuary. I 've always stayed ahead. Why do it when its' 90 out. My neighbor who has a Wood boiler too, starts tying to get his 12 cords starting now. Could never figure that out. Here in upstate, NY it's about time to burn. Plus he'll be burning green wood. Guess some people never see the light. Now with my new gasification boiler and 1620 gallons of thermal storage, I'm hoping for only 5 cords of wood consumption.Time will tell.

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General Discussion / Re: new outdoor greenwood boiler

« on: September 14, 2009, 05:40:59 PM »

Here a year later , and they are getting rid of the stoves. A little over 5 thousand. Feel sorry for people who paid full price.  They were over 8 thousand.  ???You really have to watch what you buy. Hope people will have a parts source, for a while. It's interesting to watch what stays around.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: age of owb

« on: July 28, 2009, 02:04:57 PM »

Had my 434 woodmaster for 7 years. Burned it 24-7. Just shut it down to drain and refill yearly. Never any problems. Sold it in 4 hours after listing it for sale, for 1500 dollars. PAXO 60 gasification boiler in the works with 1500 gallons of water storage. Burn only when needed. Like charging a battery. About half the wood consumption. I think that soon , non epa stoves ,will be the original owners to keep. I'll bet they'll make it illegal ,to resell and install the traditional OWB"s soon. So I would say, get your use out of them, or unload them while you can, or if your not happy with your wood consumption ,etc. I'm not knocking OWB's, just a heads up. I can see something like this comming. Just my 2 cents. Sure beats the oil man!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Summerizing

« on: May 26, 2009, 07:15:59 AM »

For what it's worth. I read somewhere's that you should leave the circulator on, otherwise corrision can take place in tight corner area's of the stove. Some chemical reaction takes place. If you have a three speed pump, you could probaly just leave it on low. That's like 41 watts.

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Empyre / Re: Aspen Owner is Looking for Feedback

« on: April 27, 2009, 10:59:44 AM »

Just saw another posting on Greenwood, was on the other site. Posting states they are Toast. Phones shut off ,done. The guy called a dealer. I'll bet there will be more companies, that go down too. Hopefully the people who have invested their hard earned money in Greenwood products, will be taken care of some how.

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Empyre / Re: Aspen Owner is Looking for Feedback

« on: April 23, 2009, 05:42:51 PM »

Maine OWB,
Just saw on the other wood boiler site ,  a Greenwood posting. Guy on there states, he heard that Greenwood might be claiming Bankruptcy.  Maybe that's the reason you can't get anyone to call you back. Hope not. Just give you a heads up.

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Equipment / Re: bar oil

« on: April 12, 2009, 04:11:30 PM »

I use to do line clearance , the stick saws we used in the bucket oiled the chain from the hydraulic oil that ran the saw, which ran the bucket. On my own ground saws, I've used vegetable oil with some STP added. Remember you want the oil to stick to the chain, not fly off as it spins. Regular bar oil usually has some Tac or cling additive to help keep the oil on the bar. So if I run any oils other than bar oil , I just add a little stp for cling. Just my 2 cents.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Should I buy a Woodmaster???

« on: March 30, 2009, 09:29:53 AM »

I just had a guy that does installs of gasification boilers tell me he uses 1 1/4" microflex pipe for the underground runs. 1" will limit your heat transfer to 100,000 btu's. So you'll  burn wood that you will never see the heat from, if your try to get more than 100,000 btu's from your stove. Plus bigger pipe lets you run a smaller pump. Less power consumption.I have 1 inch logstor which was like 12 dollars a foot. He showed me the microflex has "inch more" insulation between the outside of the pipe and the pipe itself inside , than my logstor has. Oh well, live and learn. Also the Microflex is alot easier to bend. For what it's worth to give you a nice install for all your efforts and money. Hope this helps . I had a woodmaster and can only say it treated me fine too.
Charlie

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Thinking about purchasing the Aspen 175

« on: February 10, 2009, 06:32:13 AM »

Ral
I would just call up Woodmaster,tell them your plan to buy another brand. If they want your business, they'll work with you. This late in the season, I'd see what else will be comming out. Or buy in July, when it's 90 degrees out. Bet the way the economy is there will be good deals to be had. I'll be interested to see what companies are not here next winter. Good luck..Charlie

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Thinking about purchasing the Aspen 175

« on: February 05, 2009, 01:03:08 PM »

I would buy from woodmaster again too. I've had mine going on 7 years and burn it all year long. It has treated me well. I've never been fooling with it day in and day out. Just some over the years wear and tear items. Blower fan, rubber damper  and door gaskets. It has the original aquastat and damper solenoid. Oh and a couple of circulators. It's paid for itself twice over.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Thinking about purchasing the Aspen 175

« on: February 05, 2009, 11:40:05 AM »

Dirtslinger
I was told shortly, beginning of summer. Your stove is fine . So is my 434. The thing is , next year something will come out better than the new gasifier. I realized you have to be happy with what you have. If you try to keep up with the newest stuff, you would go broke and my as well pay the oil man ,etc. I'm just glad I have the right to burn wood, and a way to avoid the fuel rip off in this country. We are all in the same boat. Just be glad you have an oar!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Thinking about purchasing the Aspen 175

« on: February 05, 2009, 08:10:02 AM »

Ral
Just talked to a woodmaster dealer yesterday, Said they will have a unit just like the Aspen 175, about 2000 dollars cheaper comming out. Made by the same supplier for greenwood. I was told Greenwood had poor customer service. From what I heard thru the grapevine, only "ONE" guy burns wood at Greenwood. The rest of the crew are just theory, suit and tie people. No hands on everyday. Not my cup of tea. Just my thoughts. Correct me if I'm wrong on the above. Not trying to step on any toes. Thanks